Spoon-rest



(No Model.) A MAEDER.

SPOON REST.

No. 277,304. Patented May 8,1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SPOON-REST.

SPECIFICATION fOrming part of Letters Patent No. 277,304, dated May 8,1883.

Application filed October 28, 1882. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARIA A. MAEDER, ofChelsea, in the county of Suffolk and Stateof Massachusetts, haveinvented an Improvement in Spoon-Rests and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact; description of the same,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to that class of spoon-- rests which are, when inuse, attached to the edge, rim, border, or brim of various kinds ofdishes'by means of a spring clasp or clamp.

I am aware that spoon'rests of this kind have been used in connectionwith bowls or other deep dishes the sides of which are vertical, ornearly so; but there is a need for a spoon-rest which can be appliedconveniently to platters and other shallow dishes, particularly such asare used for roast meats, stews of various kinds, 850., in which soups,gravies, &c., form an essential part of the food to be served, and it isthe purpose of my invention to supply this need by a cheap, serviceable,and ornamental implement, wherebya spoon, ladle, or fork, or likeimplement may be effectually prevented from sliding into the dish.

To this end my invention consists ofa spring clasp or clamp constructedas hereinafter specified, and provided with a forked standard attachedto said clamp or clasp in such manner that when the clamp or clasp ismade to engage the edge or rim ofa plate, platter, or like dish orvessel, such edge being horizontal, or nearly so, the standard issecurely held in an erect position, by reference to the drawings, inwhich- Figure l is a perspective view of a platter with my improvedspoon-rest therbunto ap plied. Fig. 2 is aside view of the spoon-rest,and Fig. 3 an end view of the same.

0 c 0 represent the clamp, which may be made of any suitable springmetal adapted to the manufacture of table-ware. As the edges of platesor platters are ordinarily slightly thicker than the body of the rim, asshown in dotted outline in Fig. 2, (this increased thickness beingsometimes designed for ornamental purposes, and sometimes being theresult of an accumulation. of glaze along the border as will more fullyappear after the dipping and baking of the ware,) I make. the part 0 ofthe clamp or clasp between the jaws 0 c of said clasps recurvedoutwardly in circular or any other preferred ornamental form, to clearthe thicker edge of the plate and permit the jaws c c to rest fair uponthe body of the rim, as shown in Fig. 2. clasp, while embracing the edgeof the dish with sufficient firmness to hold securely, yet may bereadily slipped around on the edge of the dish to any desired positionwithout removing its grasp therefrom.

To one of the jaws c, I attach the forked standard .9 s s by soldering,or riveting, or in any other suitable manner, and at or nearly at aright angle with said jaw, by which construction, when the clamp orclasp is engaged with the rim of the platter, the standard is made toassume a vertical or nearly vertical position, as shown in Figs. 1 and2. When so attached the handle of the spoon may be The placed betweenthe bifurcations s s of the standard, thus affording a secure andconvenient rest for such handle, and holding it well up from the dish,where its handle may be readily grasped by the hand when desired.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is as follows:

1. A spoon-rest composed of a clamp or clasp for engaging the border orrim of a plate, platter, or similar dish or vessel, and a forkedstandard attached to one of the jaws of said clamp in a position ator'nearly at a right angle with said jaw, whereby when the clamp isengaged with said border or rim the standard may be made to assume avertical position,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. Aspoon-rest composed of a spring-clamp, O c c, for engaging theborder or rim of a plate, platter, or like dish, and a forked standard,,8 s .9, attached to one of the jaws c of said clamp, said clamp havingthe part 0 between the jaws c c recurved outwardly to clear the thickeredges of said platter, plate, or dish,

substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

MARIA A. MAEDER.

Witnesses:

EBEN HUTC'HINSON, HENRY H. LETTENEY.

